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Poetry Ireland Review Issue 139 Issue 11

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Poetry Ireland Review 139, edited by Maurice Riordan, is now available to purchase. It features new poems from Nick Laird, Thomas McCarthy, Emily Berry, Mary Noonan, and John W. Sexton, among many others, while Irish-language editor Aifric Mac Aodha’s selection includes new poetry from Gabriel Rosenstock, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa. In an extended issue, there are a total of 34 books and pamphlets reviewed, including new collections from Paul Muldoon, Hannah Sullivan, Tracy K. Smith, and Sara Berkeley, debut collections from James Conor Patterson and Nandi Jola, and debut pamphlets from Cian Ferriter, Jim McElroy, Sree Sen, and many more. There are essays in this issue on narcissism in poetry and on poetry and ecology, along with an enlightening interview with Canadian poet Karen Solie, conducted by Declan Ryan. The artwork in issue 139, oblique observations of everyday scenes, is from poet and photographer Mark Granier.

Poem of the week

Day Return by Aoife Lyall

They wander the streets with me, searching
for a steering wheel, a trolley, a pram, a hand.

I give them the edge of my scarf, the belt
on my coat, the button on my lapel, stuff them
in my pockets to burrow in the debris of home

receipts from that new old-fashioned sweet shop
wet wipes used for sticky fingers or muddy hands 
tags from new toys, tickets, coins. But it is no use.

Skin cracked, knuckles raw, fingertips barbed
like fishhooks from bottles plunged and scrubbed
in scalding water, my hands will not rest until

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